Plume from afar

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Alistair

 

The picture, posted on Saturday of a (controlled) burn around the Sitkum Creek fire, was dramatic.

Doug Thorburn has sent me a picture that was taken about the same time and puts the matter in perspective. His view is from the summit of Mt. Asgard in the Valhallas. The smoke from the Sitkum fire appears beyond the top of Mt Dag (top left). From this distance of about forty kilometres, the world looks pristine and the plume tiny.

Doug Thorburn’s picture is used with permission.

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One Response to Plume from afar

  1. Joanne Siderius says:
    July 20, 2015 at 10:51 am

    Thanks for the perspective, Alistair. It does look pristine from that vantage point. Thank heavens it is raining and clearing the smoke (sort of).

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